superiectio
From LSJ
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sŭperjectĭo: ōnis, f. superiacio. *
I Lit., a throwing over or on: vestium, Arn. 3, 108.—
II Trop., in rhet., an exaggeration, hyperbole, Quint. 8, 6, 67.
